Ten years ago, I took a trip with my friend, Murray Thomas, around
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. It was a poetry reading series with a
number of stops along the way: Flagstaff, Norwood, Teluride, Boulder,
Lafayette, Denver, Pueblo, Las Vegas and Albuquerque (with numerous
house readings as well). It was quite an adventure!
As to the video, this was our reading with Tony Moffeit at a coffeehouse in
Pueblo, Colorado. Tony was the feature and Murray and I were the opening
acts. Tony performed much of his poetry as a poetry shouter, much like Big
Joe Turner was a blues shouter. As I recall, it was on Halloween and some of
the patrons were dressed up in full regalia. I was doing my best imitation of a
Beatnik while Murray was dressed as a Hawaiian tourist complete with
Hawaiian shirt, shorts and flip flops (even though it had been snowing and
was very cold).
I had asked Tony if I could sit in with the guitar player (Rick – I don't
remember his name) and Tony was delighted. So this is the setup. I hope you
enjoy it.
RD. Armstrong